Starter quiz
- If this is the definition, what is the word? Someone who uses land owned by someone else in return for rent or services.
- successor
- Forest law
- tenant ✓
- livestock
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- Complete the sentence: William and his ______ increased the area classed as forest until a third of England was covered by Forest law.
- 'successors' ✓
- Which Norman king grew the area of forest to its largest extent?
- William I
- William II
- Henry I
- Stephen
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- Match the words to their correct definitions.
- venison⇔red deer, roe deer, fallow deer and wild boar ✓
- vert⇔the trees and undergrowth ✓
- Which of the following rights allowed tenants to hunt rabbits, hares and other small animals?
- rights of ‘free venison'
- rights of ‘free warren’ ✓
- rights of ‘free vert’
- rights of ‘free burrow’
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- What was 'the Charter of the Forest'?
- It gave exemptions to Forest law to members of the nobility.
- It extended the area of forest to one third of England.
- It re-established rights to access to royal forest for freemen. ✓
- It gave exemptions to Forest law to members of the Church.
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Exit quiz
- Which word describes a system of landholding in which land is exchanged for service and loyalty?
- 'feudal system' ✓
- Which word describes differences in wealth, opportunity or status in society?
- 'inequality' ✓
- Match the examples of Norman England to whether they show change or continuity from Anglo-Saxon England.
- change⇔England’s built environment ✓
- continuity⇔farming practices and types of crops ✓
- change⇔Forest law ✓
- continuity⇔village life ✓
- change⇔trade patterns ✓
- continuity⇔occupations of craftspeople ✓
- How did the use of enslaved people change in Norman England?
- increased
- stayed the same
- decreased ✓
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- How did the Normans change the Church in England?
- rebuilt monasteries and cathedrals in the Gothic style
- built churches and cathedrals in the Romanesque style ✓
- introduced Church reforms to bring the English Church more in line with Rome ✓
- stopped following the pope as the head of the Church
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- Which of the following caused significant regional differences in Norman England?
- the Harrying of the North ✓
- the Harrying of the South
- the Harrying of the West
- the Harrying of the East
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Key learning points
- Many aspects of daily life remained the same for most people.
- Changes included new buildings, laws and people.
- Change did not proceed evenly across the entire country.
- People in the south had a different experience to those in the north.
- The wealthy had a different experience to the poor.
Common misconception
William I introduced a whole new social system called the feudal system which was completely different from what came before.
In fact, many of the features of what became known as the feudal system were already in place in Anglo-Saxon England. William took the opportunity to increase his control over society to enable the extraction of wealth; his successors built on this.
Keywords
Feudal system - a system of landholding in which land is exchanged for service and loyalty
Built environment - the landscape created by buildings and infrastructure like roads and bridges
Romanesque - an architectural style based on features of ancient Roman buildings
Inequality - differences in wealth, opportunity or status in society; for example, between rich and poor people